“In ancient Greece, a man could withdraw into the desert /
to praise his gods in solitude— // he’d live out his days by himself in a
cave of sand.” Figures in a Landscape
(University of Chicago Press, April 2011) by Gail Mazur. Sixth book,
poetry collection. Agent: None. Editor: Randi Petilos. Publicist: Levi Stahl.

“By the time Vince arrives at the Philippines Airlines
departures terminal, it is already bustling with restless souls who, with their
balikbayan boxes, have transformed the terminal into a warehouse, as if they’re
returning to the motherland on a cargo ship rather than Asia’s first airline
carrier.” Leche (Coffee
House Press, May 2011) by R. Zamora Linmark. Fourth book, second novel. Agent:
Kirby Kim. Editor: Anitra Budd. Publicist: Tricia O’Reilly.

“The automated town is purchasing / a compass of
afternoons.” Your Father on the
Train of Ghosts(BOA Editions, May 2011) by John Gallaher and G. C.
Waldrep. Fourth book, poetry collection. Agent: None. Editor: Peter Conners.
Publicist: Albert Abonado.

“The previous
November, a row of wooden beach huts, their paintwork lifted and flaked by the
hard east wind, had burnt to the ground.” Pulse (Knopf,
May 2011) by Julian Barnes. Seventeenth book, third story collection. Agent:
Helen Brann. Editor: Gary Fisketjon. Publicist: Kathy Zuckerman.